Jihe tongjie

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300 bc) in his Jihe tongjie (“Complete Explanation of Geometry”), by reference to the chapter devoted to right-angled triangles in Jiuzhang suanshu (Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures), a mathematical classic completed during the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220). Mei helped rehabilitate traditional Chinese mathematics, and he was most…

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